Need help with redesigning my rear garden after house renovations .

My garden measures 11 metres width by 17 metres length. We are removing all shrubs and trees, apart from the holly tree on the right and the hawthorn tree on the left. We will be fencing all around the garden with a gate at the rear. We have a patio laid out for tiling at the front of the house with steps down to a seating area. We would like a new shed at the rear right hand side and a new seating area at the rear left hand side with a wooden pergola. I want to reuse the blocks piled up at the rear of the garden . Within these blocks I have 2 large circles which I want to use for the seating area too. How do I link the areas from the front to the rear of the garden?

OMG !!! They are wonderful drawings . Thank you soooooo much. I think sketch 1 or 2 are what I’m looking for..I love the curves as well but I think the straight lines look more modern. I still need to put a gate in the back so maybe behind the circle on sketch 1 ? We have a lovely brook behind us but I will blend the gate in with the fencing, as I don’t want people peaking in...I can’t wait to show my hubby. 🤩👏🏻You’re a ⭐️ and deserve a 🥇💓

Ta da! Hope you can see the photo ok, had to use the flash (click to enlarge). Tried to keep things fairly simple without compromising on the lawn space and just bear in mind the sketches aren’t to scale. From what you say I think you’ll definitely be wanting a path to link the different areas together but what materials you use for the path is entirely up to you. Hopefully the sketches are self explanatory but I’ll give a little more info.Sketch 1, I added a water feature on the left but you could put anything here, it just breaks up the border a bit. Sketch 2, I brought the pergola forward a bit so it’s not so shoved up the corner. I think this will more pleasing especially as you’d have room for planting behind. In both 1 and 2 the shed is positioned widthways as again I think this would look more pleasing.Sketch 3 is going from Jonathan’s idea of using a curve. Pergola would have to be custom made tho. Used a corner shed and circle patio in bottom left is mainly for decorative purposes.Sketch 4 I’ve swapped things about and created a little yard area for shed on the left which is surrounded by trellis. This might be a great way to disguise unsightly things like compost bin etc. The feature could be anything like a little water fountain, statue or bird bath.Anyway hopes this gives you some inspiration and feel free to plan things how you’d like them and I’m pretty sure Sonia can advise on planting suggestions 🙂. Love 💕 your extension btw.

Funnily enough I am having a resin drive out front ! I was due to have it resined last week and then the virus arrived big time and work stopped . The prep is all done using the same blocks in my back garden and a new step . I will send you a picture tomorrow in the daylight.... it’s quite pricey !!! But I like mixing modern and old too.

I suggested the curve because you mentioned the circles so the path is a matching curve. But I can see how this causes problems with the planned tiles.However I also like mixing materials- had you thought about a contemporary resin path?

Thank you for your great ideas but I think a curved path may not fit in , as I’m having pale modern porcelain tiles on the patio ,steps and seating area below. I wanted to use the blocks to possibly incorporate 1 or 2 circles , for the new rear seating area , with a straight sided wooden pergola. I wanted to keep the lawn in the middle of the garden. I could use the same patio porcelain tiles for the pathway up to the shed and new seating area somehow ??? I hope that’s clearer....

Have I understood this correctly? Your steps will be on the right and the challenge is to get to the sitting area on the left without bisecting the garden?It seems like a path that curve right to left is the solution and if you added curved trellis or a walk through arbour or pergola this could help hide the shed

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